Faculty Profile
Gary Dunbar, Ph.D.
Health Professions Building 2182(989) 774-3282
email: Dunba1g@cmich.edu
About Dr. Dunbar:
Dr. Dunbar received his Ph.D. in Psychobiology (Behavioral Neuroscience) from Clark University in 1988. He is a former President of the Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and former President of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (receiving their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003). Presently, he is the John G. Kulhavi Professor of Neuroscience, Director of the CMU’s Brain Research and Integrative Neuroscience (BRAIN) Center, Scientific Advisor for the Michigan Chapter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. Dr. Dunbar has received several teaching awards, including Michigan Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support for Education in 1997, and a Distinguished Faculty Member award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities in 1998. He has published several book chapters and articles on recovery of function after brain injury or disease.
Publications
- Dunbar, G.L., Sandstrom, M.I., Rossignol, J., Lescaudron, L. (2006). Neurotrophic enhancers as therapy for behavioral deficits in rodent models of Huntington’s disease: Use of gangliosides, substituted pyrimidines, and mesenchymal stem cells. Behavrioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews 5: 63-79.
- Dunbar, G.L., Oh-Lee, J.D., and Lescaudron, L. (2006). Use of bone marrow stem cells as therapy for behavioral deficits in rodent models of Huntington’s disease. In C.D. Sanberg and P.R. Sanberg (Eds.), Cell Therapy, Stem Cells, and Brain Repair, Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, N.J., pp117-138.
- Mortazavi, F., Ericson, M., Story, D. Hulce, V.D., and Dunbar, G.L. (2005). Spatial learning and emotional impairments in pentylenetetrazole-kindled rats. Epilepsy & Behavior 7: 629-638.
- Krenitsky, T.A., Dillberger, J., Zotova,E., Arezzo, J.C., Koprich, J.B., Mortazavi , F., Gates, T.A., and Dunbar, G.L. (2004). KP544, an Enhancer of Nerve Growth Factor: Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Efficacy in the Rat. Drug Development Research 62: 60-70.
- Wessell, R.H., Ahmed, S.M., Menniti, F.S., Dunbar, G.L., Chase, T.N. and Oh-Lee, J.D. (2004). NR2B selective NMDA receptor antagonist CP-101,606 prevents levodopa-induced motor response alterations in hemi-parkinsonian rats. Neurpharmacology 47: 184-194.
- Swan, L, Otani, H., Loubert, P.V., Sheffert, S.M., and Dunbar, G.L. (2004). Improving balance by performing a secondary cognitive task. British Journal of Psychology 95: 31-40.
- Gates, T.A., Tran, M., Hulce, V.D., Haik-Martines, K.L., and Dunbar, G.L. (2004). Chronic lead treatments produce aggressive behavior in a post-weaning rodent model of lead toxicity. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association 48(2): 12-16.
- Lescaudron, L., Unni, D., and Dunbar, G.L. (2003). Autologous adult bone marrow stem cell transplantation in an animal model of Huntington’s disease: Behavioral and morphological outcomes. International Journal of Neuroscience 113: 945-956.